9 years, 9 Fulbrights

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Dee Ann Rexroat
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June 19, 2014

Two members of the Class of 2014 are Fulbright Scholarship winners, making nine Fulbright winners in the past nine years.

Emily Wenger ’14Tiffany Monreal ’14

Both of this year’s winners, Emily Wenger, who majored in English and creative writing and theatre, and Tiffany Monreal, who majored in economics and business and international relations, will take part in the Fulbright program’s English Teaching Assistantship Program. Wenger will teach English in Turkey, and Monreal will teach English in South Korea.

The Fulbright Program is one of the most prestigious awards programs worldwide, operating in more than 155 countries. Fifty-three Fulbright alumni have won Nobel Prizes, and 78 have won Pulitzer Prizes.